Service Record

Honors & Awards

Private Isaac BLAKER Civil War * Accepted birth on 30 June 1847 (1845) in Roanoke MO (1845-1859) Military record states that his birth place was in Fayette, MO. (Roanoke, MO was on one record.)

* Howard County MO * Slaveowners: Frances (WHITE) BLAKEY (1810- 1871) John May BLAKEY (1803 -1844) and (?) others * Isaac was a slave to the BLAKEY's since he was a small child * Frances and her son, Y.C. BLAKEY helped raise him upto Isaac being sold and/or ran away 1857 cira -1861

* Civil War Time * Isaac age 16, not 18 at the time of his enlistment; 5'3' tall join the MS Union Army on 1 November 1863 as Private Isaac BLAKER * Served in United States Colored Heavy Aritillery Company H. Regtiments: 6, 5 and 2 * Stationed Natchez MS and Vidalia LA * Battle fought...
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Family History---The Surnames "This is the day which the Lord had made; we will be full of joy and delight in it." The Bible In Basic English

You know that I am on this journey of my family history. I want to share a little bit more on my Great Grandpa Isaac BLAKEY. a.k.a. as Private Isaac BLAKER.

As I have been sharing some of my family history with you, I have told you that there were name changes through the generations. As I dug deeper into this "quest", I had come across many different spelling of our surname.

In May of 1989 I wrote a letter to a MO library. In June of that year I received a copy of a newspaper clipping that was date on February 25, 1858. I did not know that this existed... A worker at the library found it for me. He was so happy to share ...
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"This is the day that the LORD has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it." Hebrew Name Version

It's the 50th day of this year. We have a warm up. It a beautiful day. Enjoy the warm weather.

What's in a name? As I researched my father's lineage, I came up with different surnames. I was thankful that I had a lot of HELP from some of my cousins and other researchers along the journey.

Last week I was in bed reading my Great Grandpa Isaac Blakey's pension records. He had to prove who he was because he was disable due to what happened to him during the Civil War. [I even found one spellings of Great Grandpa Isaac's name as Blakely as well]